Board #16 - Performing Empathy: Clicktivism, Deservingness and Gen Z Assignment of Police Brutality Victimhood Based on Race and Gender

• In Event: 73-312 - Poster Session: Political Content of Identities

Brief Overview

This study explores how Black and white Gen Z interpret police violence, how race and gender shape empathy, and whether digital activism fosters real solidarity, using surveys and interviews to examine gaps in care, advocacy and recognition online.

Author

• Nwanne Shalom Eke, College of Wooster